Momentous and mountainous
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff In a time when everything seems to be changing, North Idahoans are glad that one thing hasn’t: The annual showing of the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour...
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Sharing the love, one card at a time
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Last year, Donna Price hoped to collect about 200 Valentine’s cards from the community to distribute to local senior centers and assisted living facilities. “I originally had just contacted...
Housing market storm warnings
By Raphael Barta Reader Contributor As we head into 2022, everyone from housing analysts, mortgage lenders, real estate agents, buyers and sellers are wondering: When will there be a return to “normal”? Terms like...
Mad About Science: The James Webb space telescope
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist You might have noticed the name of this telescope in the news recently and thought to yourself, “I wonder why the science guy hasn’t written anything about this in...
Emily Articulated: Fiction 700
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Emily closed her computer. Ideas bounced around her head like fuzzy ping pong balls, none quite formed enough to grasp. She had just been reading entries for the local...
Idaho sees highest COVID positivity rate since pandemic began
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The past week proved to be a dire one for Idaho COVID-19 statistics, as the omicron variant caused a surge in positive cases unmatched during any other time during...
County aims to improve safety on Spirit Lake Cutoff
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Bonner County Road and Bridge Department could be one step closer to making Spirit Lake Cutoff Road safer after a unanimous vote from county commissioners Jan. 18 approving...
County approves separation of planning and zoning commissions
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Board of Bonner County Commissioners voted unanimously Jan. 12 to do away with the county’s current Planning and Zoning Commission in favor of a new, two-commission system. As...
The snow that binds us together
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Last week’s snowstorms felt like traveling back in time — back to Old Sandpoint, when events like that would occur a half dozen times throughout a normal winter season....
The golden ticket to fun
By Ben Olson Reader Staff About a decade ago, cuts in school funding forced the Sandpoint High School drama and music programs to think outside the box to ensure students’ creative output wasn’t negatively...
